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U.N. Security Council members view graphic photos of Syria deadBy Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday viewed graphic pictures taken in Syria by a former military police photographer that showed what appeared to be evidence of brutal torture, including eye gougings, strangulation and long-term starvation.

Horror of Syria’s war displayed at UNWARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Horrific images of corpses from Syria’s civil war, including shriveled bodies of detainees starved to death and others with their eyes gouged out, were among some 55,000 photographs smuggled out of Syria and presented at the United Nations Tuesday.

Has Obama been a catalyst for race conversation?Aisha Moodie-Mills, Igor Volsky, Lizz Winstead and Kevin Noble Maillard discuss how race is still an issue politically and socially in America and if Obama’s presidency has been a catalyst for raising the issue.

The legacy Kathleen Sebelius is leaving behindThe Disrupt panel talks about Republicans’ criticism of Kathleen Sebelius after the announcement of her resignation this week as Health and Human Services secretary.

Syracuse professors test boundaries of ‘New Physics’ with discovery of four-quark hadronSYRACUSE, N.Y., April 15 (UPI) — A new and exotic atomic particle — one that doesn’t mesh with traditional particle physics models — has been discovered by researchers at Syracuse University. The discovery was made as part of the Large Hadron Collider beauty Collaboration, a multinational research project aimed at finding and studying new quantum forces and particles.

Syracuse University physicist focuses on low-mass particles in search for dark matterHow do you find something you believe is there, but you can’t see? That’s the dilemma facing scientists striving to prove that dark matter exists. They believe that this mysterious matter makes up about 22 percent of the energy in the universe. Now, Syracuse University physicist Richard Schnee is narrowing his search specifically to something called low-mass particles.

How Universities Are Adapting To The Internet Of Things RevolutionBy Adam Popescu George Bernard Shaw once said, "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." The tongue-in-cheek phrase is a common insult in academia, but when it comes to advances in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT), it couldn’t be farther from the truth. The academic world is in […]

SU professors test boundaries of ‘new physics’ with discovery of 4-quark hadronPhysicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have helped confirm the existence of exotic hadrons – a type of matter that cannot be classified within the traditional quark model.Their finding is the subject of a forthcoming article, prepared by the Large Hadron Collider beauty Collaboration at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Newshour: Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran’s ambassador-in-waiting the US wants to ban by BBC World Service RadioThe US House of Representatives has passed legislation that would ban Iran’s nominee for UN ambassador from entering the US. That’s a bit of a problem given that UN headquarters is in New York. The Senate passed a similar vote earlier in the week.

nature world newsApr 11, 2014 11:22 AM EDT Physicists at Syracuse University have helped confirm the existence of "exotic hadrons" – a type of matter that cannot be classified within the traditional quark model. Their finding is the subject of a forthcoming article, prepared by the Large Hadron Collider beauty Collaboration at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, announced in a release from the school.

Food pantry set up to help feed Syracuse University studentsSyracuse (WSYR-TV) – A growing number of college students say they don’t know where their next meal is coming from. In order to combat "food insecurity" about 100 college campuses across the U.S. have established food pantries for students. At Syracuse University, the food pantry is inside Hendricks Chapel – where the shelves are stacked with canned goods.

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